Shamima Begum loses initial bid to challenge citizenship removal at Supreme Court
Shamima Begum attempted to dispute the decision to take away her British citizenship in the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful in her first attempt.
The individual who is 24 years old had asked for authorization from the Court of Appeal to bring her lawsuit to the topmost court in the UK.
In 2019, the government revoked her citizenship due to reasons of national security, resulting in her becoming stateless.
Nine years ago, when she was 15 years old, Ms Begum departed from London to join the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria.
Earlier in the year, a group of three judges from the Court of Appeal reached a unanimous decision to reject her appeal to have her citizenship reinstated.
She has the opportunity to directly request permission from the Supreme Court to have her case considered.
The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr stated in February that the Court of Appeal had denied Ms Begum's bid for appeal. She considered that some might perceive the outcome as unkind and that others might view Ms Begum's situation as a result of her own actions.
The court cannot have an opinion on either side. It only needs to decide if the decision to withhold something was against the law. In this case, it wasn't against the law. Therefore, the appeal has been rejected.
According to her legal team, the Home Office's choice to strip her of citizenship was invalid. This was partly due to the fact that British authorities did not fully examine whether she could be a trafficking victim.
Ms Begum, who was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi descent, was part of a trio of young women from east London who journeyed to Syria in 2015 to offer assistance to the IS organization. She went along with her companions Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase.
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Begum departed from London to Syria together with two companions.
It is believed that Ms Sultana passed away due to a house explosion, while the situation of Ms Abase remains uncertain.
Ms Begum resided in an IS-controlled area for a period exceeding three years. During her stay, she married a Dutch IS member, who is presently detained in a Kurdish facility. She dwelled in Raqqa, which was previously a key location for the group's activities. Sadly, all of her three offspring have passed away.
In the year 2019, she was discovered in the al-Roj camp located in the northern region of Syria subsequent to the downfall of IS. Presently, she continues to reside in the same camp.
According to her legal team, the circumstances in the refugee camp have deteriorated to a point of great concern. They report that starvation and illness are now commonplace occurrences.
Her lawyers released a written statement on her behalf, stating that the reality is that Shamima, along with other women and children from Britain, is being held in a prison camp situated in north-eastern Syria without any valid reasons.
This place is not a refugee camp. People who are kept here cannot go anywhere else and the situation has been officially recognized by numerous international organizations as well as the UK courts after evaluating Shamima's case. The conditions in this location have been classified as torture and cruel treatment, which is of severe importance.
Ms Begum has confessed to intentionally becoming a member of a banned group. She expressed feeling embarrassed about her actions and wished she had not done it.
A representative from the Home Office has stated that they are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of the United Kingdom, and they will strongly stand by any action taken towards achieving this objective.
